The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 218
THE RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS out the whole course of Flemish art.Painters were obliged to paint sacredpictures, Virgins, Angels and Martyrs,because their clients asked for these;but how clearly they show that all ofthem, even Memling himself, wouldgladly have painted anything else!The… … FIG. 378. THE VIRGIN SURROUNDED BY SAINTS. GERARD DAVID. (Museum, Rouen.)(Photo, by Petiton.) theme. There is one exception to thisrule—Roger van der Weyden. Butwe know he had made a pilgrimage toRome, and that he lived for a time atFerrara. He was the sole mysticamong the numerous Flemish…
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